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Written by Ollie Kew
Just as TG.com had donned its Christmas jumper and settled into the festive season, Volkswagen reveals one more piece of four-wheeled news for 2016. This is the new version of one of TG"s very favourite hot hatchbacks. Meet the facelifted VW Golf R.Volkswagen showed us the facelifted regular Golf and boosted GTI a little while ago, so the Golf R"s trick LED lights and redrawn bumpers aren"t a surprise. The new rear lights are sharper a tad Audi, perhaps but what you actually need to know is it"s got faster.The 2.0-litre turbo engine"s up from 296bhp to an Audi S3-matching 306bhp. Well, having a flagship 4x4 Golf be outmuscled by a Seat Leon Cupra would never do, right? Meanwhile, VW"s ditched the ageing six-speed DSG transmission the old car used, and fitted a faster seven-speed dual-clutcher. Again, like the Audi S3. That ought to mean shorter gearing and more speed for the 52 per cent of Golf R buyers who opt out of the six-speed manual. And it does.
Date written: 23 Dec 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 6188
Just as TG.com had donned its Christmas jumper and settled into the festive season, Volkswagen reveals one more piece of four-wheeled news for 2016. This is the new version of one of TG"s very favourite hot hatchbacks. Meet the facelifted VW Golf R.Volkswagen showed us the facelifted regular Golf and boosted GTI a little while ago, so the Golf R"s trick LED lights and redrawn bumpers aren"t a surprise. The new rear lights are sharper a tad Audi, perhaps but what you actually need to know is it"s got faster.The 2.0-litre turbo engine"s up from 296bhp to an Audi S3-matching 306bhp. Well, having a flagship 4x4 Golf be outmuscled by a Seat Leon Cupra would never do, right? Meanwhile, VW"s ditched the ageing six-speed DSG transmission the old car used, and fitted a faster seven-speed dual-clutcher. Again, like the Audi S3. That ought to mean shorter gearing and more speed for the 52 per cent of Golf R buyers who opt out of the six-speed manual. And it does.
Date written: 23 Dec 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 6188